renounce
/ɹɪˈnaʊns/
renounce noun: an act of renouncing.
Noun
renounce (plural renounces)
- An act of renouncing.
Verb
renounce (third-person singular simple present renounces, present participle renouncing, simple past and past participle renounced)
- To give up, resign, surrender.
- to renounce a title to land or to a throne
- It is terrible to think of the power of the world even in a redeemed soul. Here was a maid who had drunk of the well of grace and tasted of God's mercies, and yet there were moments when she was ready to renounce her hope.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
- Synonyms:
- atsake
- To cast off, repudiate.
- This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- This world I do renounce, and in your sights
- To decline further association with someone or something, disown.
- To abandon, forsake, discontinue (an action, habit, intention, etc), sometimes by open declaration.
- […] some families renounced the use of a certain praenomen which had been disgraced by one of their name […]1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv
- His son Sidhartha had renounced material life and gone forth in search of enlightment. He received enlightment under a Bodhi tree at Gaya and became Buddha. Ashoka visited Gaya along with Upagupta and had darshan of Sambodhi.2012 May 18, Sri B. G. Ramesh, translated by Sri M. N. Suresh Kumar, Ashoka, Bangalore: Sapna Book House (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 14
- To make a renunciation of something.
- He of my sons who fails to make it good, / By one rebellious act renounces to my blood.1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC
- To surrender formally some right or trust.
- Dryden died without a will, and his widow having renounced, his son Charles administered on June 10.1870, William Dougal Christie, Memoir of John Dryden
- To fail to follow suit; playing a card of a different suit when having no card of the suit led.
renounce meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
renounce in Tamil
- abandon, forsake an action
- துற tuṟa
- give up
- துற tuṟa
- decline association with
- துற tuṟa
renounce in Urdu
- الفاظ واپس لینا, انکار کرنا, چھوڑ دینا, ترک کرنا
renounce in Bengali
- ত্যাগ করা, পরিত্যাগ করা
renounce in Malayalam
- നിരാകരിക്കുക, അംഗീകരിക്കാതിരിക്കുക, പരിത്യജിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- renounce in Kannada
- ತೊರೆ, ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡು, ಹಕ್ಕು ಬಿಡು, ಒಡೆತನ ಬಿಡು
- renounce in Sanskrit
- जहाति jahāti
- renounce in Arabic
- تَبَرَّأَ مِنْ tabarraʔa min
- renounce in Vietnamese
- từ bỏ
Examples of renounce in a sentence
- As a result, Amirull has renounced his radical beliefs in armed jihad and the use of violence.
- Critical theory in trying to restore the public sphere must not renounce its theoreticity.
- Sullivan might renounce the whole enterprise if he knew their man was the pedicant.
Synonyms of renounce
Forms of renounce
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | renounces |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | renounces |
| present participle | renouncing |
| past participle | renounced |
| past | renounced |
Origin of renounce
From Old French renoncier (French renoncer), from Latin renūntiō. Doublet of renunciate.
Words formed from renounce
Words that rhyme with renounce
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Questions about renounce
- What does renounce mean?
- Renounce means an act of renouncing.
- What is renounce in Tamil?
- Renounce in Tamil is துற (tuṟa). See Renounce meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is renounce?
- Renounce can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce renounce?
- Renounce is pronounced /ɹɪˈnaʊns/.
- What is the plural of renounce?
- The plural of renounce is renounces.
Words near renounce in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: renounce (page history and authors); renounce (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renounce (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renounce (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); renounce (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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